131 Records Buy: Bandcamp While not exactly Christmas tunes, matt pond PA‘s More Winter Lives continues the winter themes of 2016’s Winter Lives. The warm textures of mpPA’s orchestration keep us cozy, as Matt sings about the season that no doubt dominates his upstate New York life. The song I would like to particularly highlight …
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Self-Released Buy: Free! I just got an email from matt pond PA, a band that I have followed for well over a decade. I remember being madly in love with The Green Fury in college, and it still holds up. Well, mpPA is holding a holiday contest of sorts, where they are requesting you to comment …
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Bella UnionBuy: Bandcamp (NYOP) The Natural Lines are an indie rock band helmed by Matt Pond and Chris Hansen whose debut EP, First Five, came out in October. While we wait for the full-length LP due in 2023, the band has given us the gift of “Quiet Magic.” First… let’s quickly take note of that …
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1 Billy Changer New Year Dreams 2 Eyes Lips Eyes Slept in Through Christmas 3 Babaganouj Shitty Christmas 4 Gabrielle Papillon Then it Snowed 5 The Grubby Mitts Come on Home for Christmas 6 Le Louleur Le Dernier Noël 7 Futuro Pelo Swamp 8 Christmas Aguilera Footsteps 9 Guillaume Cantillon Noël Je Me Souviens De …
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Well, here ya go. Hopefully since it is done, I’ll be able to get back to writing blog posts! I would have assumed there would have been some more political stuff that I’d want to include this year, and while there has been some nice ones (Quiet Company), it hasn’t quite panned out as I …
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